Legal Opinion
Gerald R. Wollin v. Bruce Gondert, Deputy Sheriff, Joseph Seidel, Deputy Sheriff and Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 1999No. 98-1857PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
In August of 1997, Plaintiff-Appellant Gerald R. Wollin (“Wollin”) filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Sheriffs Deputies Bruce Gondert and Joseph Seidel of the Jefferson County (Wisconsin) Sheriffs Department alleging that he was arrested for contempt of court without probable cause in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint also named Jefferson County (“the County”) as a defendant alleging that the deputies were acting within the scope of their employment when they effectuated Wollin’s arrest therefore, according to…
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